If a comparison has to be drawn between the two cuisines, it would be more precise to compare kimbap to Japanese maki - seaweed and rice rolls ... then mix with a little sesame oil and salt ...

Furikake -- which is usually sprinkled on rice -- is a Japanese seasoning made of tiny bits of roasted seaweed and other ...

shiny sheets of seaweed that are used to make maki sushi (rolls) or onigiri (rice balls), or finely shredded and put on rice and cold noodles, and used in furikake (rice sprinkles). Those types ...